Tuesdays With Hildy: What're You Most Thankful For?

That we’re not the hawks, wings, other butt sucking team.

That we have Al MacInnis in our organization. Seriously. How awesome is that for our D-Men?

The fact that we drafted so smart. I’d hate to be the Oilers/Islanders…again.

Having a front office willing to grow the youngsters, and seeing the rewards starting to show
Having a front office smart enough to trade for Halak
Oh and we aren’t Detroit

that David Backes resigned for 5 more years!

ALL ABOARD THE WINNIEWAGON!

Seriously. I love this bar.

for an honest to goodness old fashioned home & home series this weekend (thank you schedulers).

I’m thankful that over the 42yrs I’ve been a hockey fan that the Blues have somehow maintained that blue-collar midwest feel to the team.

I’m thankful for this little family/community we have here, and that most people don’t blow off this mom and her inane comments and pictures (at least in writing, I’m sure there are lots of snickers in front of the computer screens).

I’m NOT thankful that because so many people use the F-word here that when I hit my thumb with a hammer last weekend the word escaped from my lips for probably only the 2nd time in my life and my 8yo heard it while also almost giving Mr Depends a heart attack from laughing so hard.

In the kindest sense of the word possible.

Sure, I have a great family, an awesome group of friends and an excellent support system at work . . . but without this place, when I was going through all my personal turmoil from about late September of last year until this past July, I might have gone to that mental institution in Alton without chance of getting a hold of the key. I thank you all for helping me not go insane and allowing me to vent from time to time when I needed to.

I can say loud and proud…..

FUCK DETROIT!!!!!!

…that one fateful April in 1988, my sister’s inlaws let me use one of their extra playoff tickets. That fateful night, during that Norris Semifinal a Blues fan was born at the young age of 13.

…I’m thankful for St. Louis Game Time.

Thanks, Sean, for liking what I did for the GNR, and giving me the chance to really run with it here.

Thanks, Maggie, for all your help in copy editing. A writer is only as good as his editor.

Thanks, Chris, Tyler, AM, CT, Brad, and all the other columnists and regulars in the print edition who understand what we all go through to keep making this thing work.

Thanks to all the regulars here on the game day threads… Ashley (first, of course), Jenn (who almost went first), Christine (ditto), Ang and Mr. D, San Jose Ang, Laura, Jesse, Marcus, Tyler, Tim, Tim, Joe, Nick, and all the others I don’t know by first name yet. You guys are truly family, truly friends, and having you all here makes life a little easier when it gets to sucking…

Thanks also to Prospect Mom and Prospect Dad, whom I am here visiting, and who made me the overage prospect that I am today.

Happy Thanksgiving, Game Time.

B.

… I’m very thankful for GT. Thank you for letting me invade your personal space every Tuesday and thank you for letting me have a little home on the web to be completely unprofessional in what I write/do.

God help me if any of my students found this and realized that I’m a person.

I’m thankful for my wife and Zachary, 3 years ago I was going through a separation and never thought this would happen. Now…..sorry I have something in my eye

remembered that he forgot to give me an anniversary present last Saturday.
I’M GOING TO THE GAME THIS SAT.
All 4 of us for the family night promo.

Sec 309 Row G.
Where do we meet? 313ish???

Over the last few years I’ve been in North Carolina and Terre Haute for school. To be perfectly honest I have no clue where I might end up this spring for internship but I do know that friends like yall I will never be far from home.